Chapter 1 Water Ghouls

It's water ghouls, they've appeared!

Nie Yan anxiously watched the progress of the treasure chest opening, it was already at 78%, almost there. If he was interrupted, all his previous efforts would be in vain.

The water ghouls seemed to have discovered Nie Yan. They made sharp sounds, as ear-piercing as glass being cut. Soon, more water ghouls gathered towards this side, about a dozen of them. They gathered together.

At this moment, the opening of the treasure chest was at a critical moment. Give him about seven or eight seconds, and he would almost be able to open the treasure chest.

The water ghouls were like a group of flies that had smelled meat, quickly surrounding Nie Yan.

It was over. Nie Yan was about to pull his hand back, give up opening the treasure chest, and return to the boat, when suddenly there was some movement in the direction of the water surface.

Just at this moment, the Lost Ferryman on the lake happened to row the small boat above Nie Yan. Xie Yao found that Nie Yan was in danger, and was extremely anxious. With a move of her right hand, a white ball of light appeared in her hand, and she threw the ball of light into the water.

The white ball of light was dazzling and illuminated the entire bottom of the lake.

Under the illumination of the white light, a group of water ghouls let out miserable screams, and then retreated.

Nie Yan was about to interrupt the opening of the treasure chest to deal with the surrounding water ghouls, when he saw a white ball of light suddenly falling from the water. He immediately realized that this was released by Xie Yao. Seeing a group of water ghouls retreating in fear of the white light, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to open the treasure chest.

With a bang, the white ball of light exploded, and the entire bottom of the water instantly turned into a white world.

Holy Light Burst of a Holy Word Mage!

Those water ghouls couldn't even scream. In this white world, they couldn't tell the direction at all.

Nie Yan couldn't see clearly either, he couldn't even see where the treasure chest was. He could only know that the treasure chest was in front of him by feeling, and the tactile sensation on his hand was still clear.

With a click, the treasure chest opened. Nie Yan was overjoyed. He reached into the treasure chest with his right hand and groped. It was a spherical object and a necklace-like thing. He didn't have time to see what these two things were, so he threw them into his backpack.

Nie Yan immediately floated towards the surface of the water. The white light in the lake gradually dissipated. He could feel that the water ghouls were rapidly approaching him, and the cold lake water surged over.

He had to deal with the water ghouls' attacks to reach the lake surface.

Come on, Nie Yan clenched the Bloody Dagger in his hand, ready to fight the water ghouls to the death.

The Lost Ferryman was still rowing his oar non-stop. He knew nothing about what was happening under the water. He had no intelligence. The little bit of will remaining in his soul drove him to keep doing repetitive work. Xie Yao tried to stop the ferryman and let him stop, but she had no way to do it. Any attack might kill the ferryman, then this task would not be able to continue.

But the boat was getting farther and farther away from Nie Yan's location. Xie Yao anxiously looked at Nie Yan's location.

"Nie Yan, hurry up, or it'll be too late!" Xie Yao shouted loudly.

The fog gradually thickened and the visibility became more and more blurred.

After a while, even if Nie Yan emerged from the lake, he might not be able to find the location of the boat. If it really didn't work, she could only kill the ferryman and then save Nie Yan. As for what would happen next, she didn't know how to deal with it.

Hurry, hurry, Xie Yao was like an ant on a hot pot, praying non-stop.

At this time, Nie Yan had no choice. Feeling a water ghoul approaching, Nie Yan suddenly turned around and passed the water ghoul. The Bloody Dagger in his right hand slammed into the head of the water ghoul. Instantly, a miserable scream sounded in Nie Yan's ears, and his eardrums felt like they were pierced by needles. It hurt so much that he felt a little dazed.

It's a mental attack!

Nie Yan was shocked and immediately used the Mental Immunity skill, and his head became much clearer all of a sudden.

Ultra Deterrence!

Nie Yan used an Ultra Deterrence skill. These water ghouls retreated a little. He immediately swam towards the surface of the water. After a while, the boat would leave!

Those water ghouls did not escape because of Nie Yan's Ultra Deterrence, but closely followed behind, always looking for an opportunity to attack Nie Yan.

Finally, he was almost at the surface of the water. Nie Yan accelerated his swimming speed and floated out of the water. He looked around, and except for the vast white fog, where was the trace of the boat!

The boat is gone! Nie Yan's heart tightened. If the boat was gone, then he would have no way to go back and could only sit here and wait for death.

He didn't feel it when he went into the water just now, but now he realized that his limbs had a feeling of soreness and weakness. This is the effect of the poison!

The lake water nearby does not have deadly toxins, but some toxins that paralyze the whole body.

Nie Yan quickly poured down a bottle of Advanced Antidote Potion, and the toxin effect on his body was immediately reduced a lot, but this would not last long. The only way was to return to the boat as soon as possible! Otherwise, he would surely die!

"Nie Yan, how is it going on your side?" Xie Yao asked anxiously in private chat, "Do you need me to kill the ferryman and drive the boat back?"

"No, cast a Light Spell!" Nie Yan said in a deep voice. Although he encountered such a situation, he was still as calm as usual.

Xie Yao waved her staff, and a ball of light flew into the sky and exploded with a bang, illuminating with white light.

Nie Yan scanned his surroundings. Several beams of dazzling white light penetrated the mist in the distance. Although the distance was very far and not obvious, he still saw it. He immediately swam towards that side.

After swimming for a distance, Nie Yan said in the team chat: "Cast another one!"

Another white ball of light flew into the sky.

Nie Yan looked towards that side. This Light Spell was much brighter than before. This proved that the distance between him and the boat was shortening!

Nie Yan began to accelerate, using all his strength.

Those water ghouls closely followed behind Nie Yan. Their moving speed in the water was not much faster than Nie Yan, but they always followed closely.

The number of water ghouls under the water was increasing. If it weren't for Nie Yan's Ultra Deterrence, they would have pounced on him long ago.

After about two or three minutes, Nie Yan finally saw the shadow of the boat. Although it was very blurry, it was definitely good news for him.

Xie Yao was always paying attention to the surrounding lake surface. When she saw Nie Yan appear, her heart almost jumped out of her chest, and she waved her hand and shouted in the direction of Nie Yan: "Nie Yan, this way, over here!"

Hearing Xie Yao's shout, Nie Yan swam even harder.

Xie Yao waved her staff, and Holy Light Bursts flew towards Nie Yan's direction. These white balls of light sank into the water and exploded with a bang. Her grasp of the distance was very precise and in place. These Holy Light Bursts did not hurt Nie Yan, but the water ghouls below were blasted into a mess by the Holy Light Bursts.

Xie Yao knew that a group of water ghouls would definitely not let Nie Yan go, so she used Holy Light Bursts to help Nie Yan disperse them.

Since the Holy Light Bursts exploded behind Nie Yan, wave after wave of impact pushed Nie Yan faster. Nie Yan swam along the waves. After a few minutes, he finally reached the boat and climbed up.

What happened just now caused Xie Yao's emotions to rise and fall several times. Seeing Nie Yan come up, she hugged Nie Yan excitedly.

Xie Yao's excited emotions made Nie Yan stunned for a moment, and then he understood. He had often encountered similar things, so he was already calm. As for Xie Yao, she was anxious and worried on the boat just now, thinking that the task was about to fail. Seeing Nie Yan return safe and sound, how could he not be excited.

Nie Yan's whole body was cold after being soaked in the lake water. Feeling the warm Xie Yao in his arms, a wicked thought flashed in his mind. He suddenly felt a teasing meaning, reached out and patted Xie Yao's buttocks. A solid feeling came, and he couldn't help thinking, so pert, so fleshy. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, what difficulties can stump me? Didn't I come back?"

Xie Yao was attacked on her buttocks, screamed in surprise, and pushed Nie Yan away. She didn't expect that Nie Yan would do such a bad thing at this time. There was still a ghost next to her, although it was just a virtual monster, which made her feel very strange in her heart, and her cheeks instantly turned red.

Nie Yan almost fell into the water. It took him a long time to stand firm, and he said with a wry smile: "I just touched it, it's not enough to push me down, right?"

"You deserve it!" Xie Yao glared at Nie Yan reproachfully.

The Lost Ferryman raised his head and looked at Nie Yan and Xie Yao blankly. He obviously couldn't understand the behavior of these two humans and was still doing his mechanical ferrying action.

Seeing the ferryman's blank eyes, Xie Yao realized that this ghost had no thinking ability, and felt a little relieved.

Nie Yan could feel that Xie Yao was still quite reserved. Only in front of him alone would she be a little more open. If there were outsiders, Xie Yao would be very restrained. Looking at Xie Yao's shy appearance, Nie Yan couldn't help but laugh.

"It will take us a long time to get there." Xie Yao changed the subject to cover up her embarrassment.

"Haven't we reached the shore yet?" Nie Yan asked suspiciously.

The small boat slowly approached the shore.

"It's not the destination yet." Xie Yao shook her head and said, "We have to wait a little longer."

The ferryman drove the boat to the shore and looked around blankly. He seemed to be waiting for someone to board the boat. After five or six minutes, he drove the boat again and the boat slowly left the shore.

"How do you know this is not the destination?" Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao and asked.

"There is a mission prompt, it's a riddle, but I guessed the answer. The ferryman's third landing is where we are going." Xie Yao roughly described it. The riddle was very long and needed to be solved bit by bit. It took her a lot of effort at the time.

"So that's how it is." Nie Yan nodded.

"What did you get from opening the treasure chest?" Xie Yao asked.

Nie Yan just remembered. He got two things from opening the treasure chest just now, but he hadn't had time to look at them. He took out the two things from his backpack. They were a black gemstone and a silver-white necklace with a red gemstone pendant. The necklace was crystal clear and emitted a hazy color, which made people unable to help but sink into it at a glance. As for the black gemstone, the color was relatively normal, but it was surprisingly large, barely able to be held in one hand.